Gasly and Doohan set to complete a shakedown test in Bahrain
Having shown off the livery for their 2025 F1 car, Alpine have revealed that they will stage a 200km shakedown test with Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan ahead of the three-day pre-season testing in Bahrain.
The team’s 2025 colours blends the iconic Alpine blue with the pink of the Enstone-based outfit's title partner BWT to form a strikingly eye-catching combination.
As for Alpine's appearance in the inaugural F1 Live Presentation Show, team boss Oliver Oakes and the two drivers Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan took to the stage to present the team’s 2025 colours and season ambitions. The trio were joined by Brian Tyler – the Emmy-nominated composer and the artist renowned for creating the official Formula One theme tune – who exclusively performed “Supernova” under his DJ name “Are We Dreaming” in the build-up to the team’s unveiling.
The Anglo-French outfit noted that the A525 is a continued evolution of the A524 which achieved a total of two podiums while the team ended the season sixth in the teams' standings.
The A525 will first be on track in Bahrain in a shakedown on 24 February with both Gasly and Doohan splitting the 200km-limited day before three-days of pre-season testing in Bahrain later that week.
Speaking ahead of his eighth season in F1, Gasly noted: “This time of year is always so exciting because we are just around the corner from the season start and seeing the end result of all the hard work from the off-season. I am entering my eighth year in Formula One and I am just as excited to get the season underway as I was when I made my debut midway in 2017.
"I have been working hard over the winter months to prepare myself for the year and I am looking forward to getting out on track next week and getting my first feel of the A525.”
Commenting on the feelings ahead of his first season as a full-time F1 driver, Doohan stated: “I am looking forward to the 2025 season with BWT Alpine Formula One Team and making the step up to the full-time race seat.
"To have been able to make my debut with the team last year in Abu Dhabi was a dream come true and a great opportunity to familiarise myself with the weekend set up ahead of this coming season. Now I am excited to get back out on track and test the A525 in Bahrain ahead of my home race in Australia next month.”
— BWT Alpine Formula One Team (@AlpineF1Team) February 18, 2025
